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What Is a Heart Pacemaker?

Millions of people worldwide live with a pacemaker that regulates their heartbeat, but exactly what are these devices and how do they work? Pacemakers can save the lives of heart patients by ...
This summer, doctors at UnityPoint Health performed the QCA's first leadless pacemaker procedure. Now, Dr. Helbert Acosta breaks down the significance.
Arnold Schwarzenegger recently underwent surgery, but he's already back. On the "Arnold's Pump Club" podcast, the "Terminator" star and former governor of California, 76, shared that he had surgery ...
Cardiologists have marked a medical first in South Africa with the successful implantation of a tiny leadless pacemaker.
Former Vice President Mike Pence underwent surgery on Wednesday to have a pacemaker implanted, his office said on Thursday. "The routine surgery was successful, and he is expected to fully recover and ...
Cardiologist, Dr. Ray Georgenson, has become the first doctor in Iredell County to successfully perform pacemaker surgery with the AVEIR leadless pacemaker at Iredell Memorial Hospital. “Being the ...
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was undergoing emergency surgery to have a pacemaker implanted into his chest, reports said. This decision came after an alarm on Netanyahu’s heart monitor ...
As it turned out, that tragedy hastened Catherine’s decline. Only 15 months later, she also passed, aged 70. Now I want to ...
Schwarzenegger first announced he'd undergone heart surgery earlier this month. By Zoe G. Phillips Arnold Schwarzenegger thanked fans for their support Thursday following his pacemaker surgery earlier ...
Millions of Americans spend weeks recovering from heart surgery and other operations to repair brain and bone injuries every year. As special correspondent Fred de Sam Lazaro reports from Chicago, ...